![]() And this is where the number comes in handy: “Moleskine notebooks are made through a combination of automated and handmade manufacturing, and therefore may contain small flaws and differences typical of hand made production. Moleskine notebooks are submitted to a very strict quality control procedure: traction test, weigh check, glue and ink examination, cover thickness measure, rubber band resistance. Yes, my friends, every journal has a serial number. And they also included a quality control sticker with a serial number. Plus, Moleskine also included some fun and colorful adhesive labels to help me further personalize its pages. It didn’t come empty, though there’s a small brochure explaining the journal’s history and a sheet promoting other products. The back pocket is an ideal spot to store any ticket stubs or maps we may collect along our journey. I responded, “What’s wrong with enjoying the simple things?” And I do. “Simple minds, simple pleasures,” someone once sneered, derisively. The fill-in-the-blank index continues over the next four pages. ![]() list of international airports and distance from city.list of local temperatures and days of rain.My new notebook begins with several handy resources to help with planning: That said, that is the only pointless thing that I have found in the journal. ![]() Seriously? People aren’t that stupid, are they? That’s equivalent to carrying one’s social security card around: It’s tantamount to an invitation to fraud. It is completely beyond me why they also included spaces for owners to record their credit card numbers and expiration dates in it. But on the other hand, there’s the possibility I might mislay my book in an airport. (Hurray! No more need to use Post-It notes to bookmark where I’m writing!)Ĭertainly I can see why I might want to inscribe my contact information in there if I misplace it on the boat it will be that much easier to retrieve. I’m also inspired by its many tabbed sections, the variety of formatted pages and the book’s three convenient ribbon place holders. I’m glad that it has an attached elastic band it was especially intended to keep the book closed in my purse and help prevent dog-eared pages. It’s highly unlikely any pages will fall out! It certainly has more appeal than any of the other notebooks I have ever purchased.įor one thing, it’s a hard-cover book, and rather than the wire spirals I’ve used since my school days all the pages are bound with stitching. Not just your everyday notebookĪfter yielding to temptation and shelling out $19.95 plus tax I really hope this travel journal turns out to be as useful as it looks. Somehow they don’t garner the same respect. I have lots of spiral notebooks and I have to admit that I rarely look at them once they’re full of notes. There’s something very pleasant about picking up a hardcover book to read. There’s another factor: I want the entire experience to be a pleasure, not just in the writing but in the reading. It’s not merely that I want a book where I can record my travel memories, though. You can see how this might be useful, can’t you? Once we return to every day life I’ll need help to recall every one of the colorful people we met, the new places we were able to visit and the foreign foods we finally had a chance to sample.… Tasting jenever with Anne, one of the friends we made on our last cruise … Must. It seems I’m not alone because Moleskine has tapped into this with a series of notebooks for various passions, everything from weddings to gardening, coffee, cats and babies. I relish all the unexploited potential … all those empty, blank pages just waiting to be filled with someone’s creative thoughts and dreams. I have to make a confession: I have a serious weakness for nice-looking notebooks, particularly when I see one that has sections and pockets (they are so hard to find!). Within its walls is a family of creative tools to be found: notebooks, planners, journals, bags, writing instruments, and more. Recently a new shop opened in our local shopping mall, one that drew me inside. As helpful as it is, it won’t automatically compile all of our destinations on the cruise, so I’m trying something new. I love being able to forward all our confirmation emails to one central place and have everything automatically compiled in chronological order, complete with maps and daily forecasts. Up until now I’ve always relied on TripIt, a smart phone app that keeps all our travel details organized. This time our cruise will last for 15 days so we hope to enjoy the cruise twice as much … if that’s possible.
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